Tattoo Aftercare

Your tattoo can take anywhere from 2-8 weeks to heal completely depending on the overall size, color, and detail of the tattoo.

Follow aftercare accordingly to ensure your tattoo heals correctly.

  • Wash your hands prior to care.

  • Once you are home, wash your tattoo with warm water and unscented, antibacterial soap.

  • Wash your tattoo with unscented, antibacterial soap one to two times a day upon regular morning and night routine or as needed.

  • Once the tattoo starts to peel, place a small amount of moisturizer on it after washing or at any sight of dryness. Do not smother your tattoo! Less is more, I promise. Make sure you are rubbing the moisturizer all the way in, do not cake it on top of your tattoo.

  • DO NOT PICK THE SCABS - let them fall off naturally.

  • You may use any of the following to moisturize:

    • A&D Ointment

    • Unscented lotion

    • Tattoo Balm

    • Coconut Oil

  • Avoid swimming, bathing, and any soaking of your tattoo until it has fully healed/finished peeling. Your tattoo is considered an open wound for the first 4 weeks of the healing process & soaking it will result in infection.

  • DO NOT expose your tattoo to direct sunlight for at least the first year without sunscreen. This will cause the color to fade/change. Sunscreen cannot be put on the tattoo until it has fully healed.

Failure to follow aftercare instructions can/will result in infection, fading, uneven healing, scaring. Tattoos are a permanent body modification, effects from poor aftercare can be permanent. The artists & Queen Ink are not responsible for poor healing in the case that you did not care for your tattoo properly.

After your tattoo is fully 4 weeks healed, you can contact your artist for a touch up if needed!